December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

BIOS, FBI/ERF, Barbara Boxer,
by bill payne 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Tuesday 3/17/98 6:29 AM Charles Christopher, FBI/NY http://www.fbi.gov/fo/nyfo/nytwa.htm John Gilmore Christopher, I received a phone call Monday morning. The caller asked me to modify my resume to reflect my experience with PC BIOS. I added the following lines. Attended Annabooks University week-long course on ROMing BIOS in 1992. Sixteen years experience interfacing high-level languages to BIOS. Reverse engineering BIOS and DOS for Sandia Labs weapons controller. Custom BIOS modifications experience for electronic locks for the FBI/Engineering Research Facility using Pentium processors. The FBI paid my course tuition for the Annabooks course. http://www.annabooks.com/ I learned several months after Sandia manager Tommy Sellers, who was entering the crypto business, and ombudsman Harvey Brewster gave me a directed transfer to break electronic locks for the FBI that the FBI DOES NOT GET COURT ORDERS to do normally illegal work. The FBI my FBI/ERF supervisors, Mike Uttaro, and his boss Mike McDevitt told me that they believe that the above work is CLASSIFIED SECRET. http://www.fbi.gov/ I think that we should get this matter settled before it GETS WORSE. Gilmore, I saw at http://www.jya.com/acp-pols.htm BOXER CONTINUES EFFORTS TO OPPOSE U.S. EXPORT LIMITS ON COMPUTER ENCRYPTION March 4, 1998 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) joined Americans for Computer Privacy and a delegation of bipartisan lawmakers at a news conference today to oppose U.S. export limits on encryption technology. The following is Senator Boxers statement. Since the high-tech revolution, Americans have learned that privacy protection is of the utmost importance. Encryption technology is a key component in protecting our privacy - it is the lock on the door that guarantees not only our privacy, but often our safety as well. Boxer also is known for the following quote Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, Thank God, Im still alive. But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again. - Representative Barbara Boxer, after the 1994 [sic] earthquake Weird History 101 John Richard Stephens http://www/adamsmedia.com Sandian Ron Pate and I were seated in a SF airport satellite area during that earthquake. Pate and I worked on electronic tagging for the CTBT. This used public key crypto. I used the Cylink CY1024 for that project. Electronic locks are mostly connected to Pcs. The PC keeps both a printed record and disk log entrys. Electronic lock programmers do not and cannot rewrite an operating system. Therefore, the simplest way to defeat an electronic lock is to modify BIOS. Intercept the electronic lock programmer call to BIOS, look for a known credential, open the door, and suppress the writes to printer and disk. Not too tough to do. But I was told to modify MANY SYSTEMS which I could NOT DO. Hirsch, CardKey, Sensor engineering, .... I was being set up to fail. Looks like your legal stuff is paying off in political support. Lets hope we get this crypto mess settled so that we can all move on to more constructive projects. Later bill

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Re: "Must refrain from using a mind": A(h)OL's son
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Information Violation wrote: > > from the Bienfait Rectal Examiner: > _________________________________________________________________ > > A(h)OL, a long, chubby dick with a thick mustache, has pleaded not > present to two felony counts alleging possession of cryptographic material > with the intention of ciphering or deciphering. > > If convicted, he faces up to six lifetimess in prison. > > He pleaded not present Wednesday and is free on his own recognizance, > subject to some unusual conditions: that he obey authority, stay away > from words, refrain from possessing or using a mind and get > psychopathological torture. > > Opening the back door of Jim Morrison's former home on a trimmed > cul-de-sac, A(h)OL, his face reflecting anarchy for a few seconds, > declined a donut and shut the door. > > A(h)OL's attorney, Adrian Messenger, said the persecution's theory of > reality was probably the result of 'bad acid.' His client, a > childless bachelor, with two sons, "is a 47-year-old turd," he said. > "He's not a cryptographer. He stays stoned a lot, and he's a pretty > recessive pervert." > > Adrian said A(h)OL "strikes me as an acutely illiterate guy who > wouldn't hurt a word. He hasn't got the social grace or skills of > one who would try subtly to peek up a female cryptographer's skirt > to see if she was wearing panties."

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GSM Interception
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Below is one of the most comprehensive and informative sites we've seen on telephonic snooping, with nation by nation accounting of technologies, laws, disinformation, deception, complicity, commerce and teletone opps for MH-moola ka-chinka chinka: From: "UT11" <ut11(a)techno.forem.be> To: <jya(a)pipeline.com> Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 15:07:50 +0100 Actually 100 Millions of GSM Are Geographically & Automatically Tapped and Stored 4 Months http://www.ii-mel.com/interception http://www.dejanews.com (keyword: location GSM, title: interception)

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Data Fellows Lauches New Version of the Famous F-Secure SSH Products
by Mia Westerholm 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Data Fellows Ltd. Media Release For immediate release 17 March 1998 DATA FELLOWS LAUNCHES NEW VERSIONS OF THE FAMOUS F-SECURE SSH PRODUCTS The improved F-Secure SSH product family is a unique tool for secure remote systems administration ESPOO, FINLAND --- Data Fellows, a leading provider of Internet security solutions, has launched new versions of its famous F-Secure SSH products. F-Secure SSH Tunnel&Terminal and F-Secure SSH Server protect TCP/IP-based terminal connections in UNIX, Windows and Macintosh environments. They enable remote systems administrators and telecommuters to access corporate networks via any Internet Service Provider without revealing system passwords and other secrets to possible eavesdroppers. "In addition to providing secure login connections, F-Secure SSH Server secures all remote systems administration tasks by providing secure tools to replace the existing rsh, rlogin, rcp, rdist and telnet protocols," says Mr. Olli Voima, Product Development Manager of F-Secure SSH. "As a new feature, the secure file transfer application offers an easy-to-use graphical interface for the safe transfer of files." F-Secure SSH Tunnel&Terminal and F-Secure SSH Server support the forwarding of TCP/IP services like pop, smtp (used by e-mail software), http (used by Web browsers), etc., or almost any other TCP/IP-based service. The local proxy server in F-Secure SSH Tunnel&Terminal listens for a socket on the desired port and forwards the request and data over the secure channel. It then instructs the F-Secure SSH Server to make the connection to the specified service on the remote machine. Automatic forwarding of the X11 Windowing System secures graphical applications. F-Secure SSH products are based on the SSH protocol, an application level security mechanism used in conjunction with Internet protocols. "The SSH protocol is the most widely audited and standardized security protocol in the world," says Mr. Voima. "Its strong end-user authentication and encryption leave no room for security compromises. As a European company, Data Fellows is not restricted by the US export regulations, and has thus been able to make strong encryption available worldwide. F-Secure SSH host authentication is based on 1024-bit RSA keys, and the secure connections use 128-bit session keys." In addition to being strongly secured, the F-Secure SSH products are easy to use. The single sign-on technology makes the handling of multiple terminal sessions simple. Says Mr. Voima: "Easy-to-use and strongly secured, F-Secure SSH is a truly unique security solution for remote systems administration." About Data Fellows: Data Fellows is one of the worlds leading developers of data security products with offices in San Jose, California and Espoo, Finland. Its groundbreaking F-Secure product family is a unique combination of globally available, strong encryption and revolutionary anti-virus software. The integrated F-Secure product range provides a complete security solution for enterprises, and includes file encryption and IPSec communication encryption products, VPN gateways, SSH based secure remote management software, and a full range of anti-virus products to workstations, servers and gateways. Data Fellows is also the developer of the award winning F-PROT Professional anti-virus, now part of the dual scanning engine concept of F-Secure Anti-Virus. Data Fellows is privately owned. Since it was founded in 1988, its annual net growth of net sales has been over 80%. Data Fellows offers a worldwide network of technical support, training and distribution in over 70 countries. Data Fellows belongs to an elite group of companies that have a triple-A rating from Dun&Bradstreet. For further information, please contact: Mr. Olli Voima, Product Development Manager Tel. +358 9 859 900, Fax. +358 9 8599 0599 E-Mail: Olli.Voima(a)DataFellows.com or visit out website at http:// www.DataFellows.com ALSO, VISIT OUT BOOTH AT CEBITŽ98 (HALL 3, STAND B46) €€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€ Mia.Westerholm(a)DataFellows.com http://www.DataFellows.com Data Fellows Ltd. PL 24 FIN-02231 ESPOO, FINLAND Tel. +358 9 859 900 Fax. +358 9 8599 0599

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Local Law Oppose FBI on Crypto
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

A point made at Senator Ashcroft's crypto hearing going on now, made by James J. Fotis, of the Law Enforcement Alliance of America, is that many local police departments do not want the FBI and federal agencies snooping on them, thus, they oppose the FBI's stance on crippled crypto. To be sure, they may fear the feds because of local corruption, but it's a crack in the blue wall solidarity that the FBI has heretofore vaunted. Listen in by RealAudio: http://www.computerprivacy.org/archive/03171998-1/

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by RDonnovan＠hotmail.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: PGP assimilated by NAI
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Anonymous wrote: > No doubt. I offer the observation that only someone doing > a favor for the government or someone operating from the > totally mind-fucked perspective of modern mismanagement > would invest good money to buy a company whose principal > asset was its "good will" and proceed to completely trash > that marketplace good will, abandon the world-famous > name of product and company, and physically assimilate > the hapless wage slaves working there by another group > that represents the antithesis of what PGP stood for in > the minds of virtually all who knew it, worldwide. How > can this _possibly_ be a good business decision in and > of itself? Occam's Razor: It isn't -- it's only good in > terms of what someone may have promised in return for > destroying PGP. It's a lot easier to see how that might > be the case than to see how NAI/NG could come out winning > in the marketplace by cancelling out everything that PGP, > Inc. had going for it. Back in the 'old days', when I had to walk ten miles, uphill, in a blinding snowstorm, only to find that computers did not exist yet, I was a founder of one of the first Canadian anti-nuclear grassroots organizations. Once the anti-nuke movement had progressed to the point where it was a viable entity, worthy of press coverage, etc., the Canadian government began to 'recognize' the legitimacy of the movement, and to 'fund' it (hee-hee). I went to the self-congratulatory celebration party held by the members of the group I had founded who had managed to line up at the government trough by abandoning their ethics and values in favor of a government-mandated policy of taking a 'reasonable' middle-road in the group's activities. I was there for eleven minutes. I spent the first five minutes shoveling as much free food as humanly possible down my throat. I spent the next five minutes draining every bottle of free liquor in sight down my throat. I spent the next minute barfing everything I had consumed all over the government representative who was in attendance to make certain that everyone was toeing the line and not saying 'bad things' about the Canadian government or the Nuclear Power Industry. Prologic Management Systems, Inc., bought Basis, Inc., in Berzerkeley a couple years ago (considered by some to be the main lair of a secret organization dedicated to preventing the Evil One from using computer technology to imprison the minds and souls of humankind). My research indicated that Prologic was a spook-owned 'company killer' which specialized in buying out and decimating companies who actually had a capacity to resist the diabolical aims of the NWO. When Network Associates bought PGP, I did similar research on NAI and Network General, and came to the same conclusions. > ("Psst! Buy PGP > and fuck it over until no one recognizes or trusts it, > and we'll throw you a $50 million contract next year > from our Black Budget!") I have a friend in Arizona who asks me for investment advice, and I recently told him to invest heavily in companies being acquired by WorldComm. My rationalization for his investing heavily in companies in league with the Anti-Christ was that, when Jesus comes back, he'll have enough money to buy him a meal and drinks at the best restaurant in town, thus redeeming himself. > This is a Pretty Good Example of why it was a Pretty > Bad Idea to form PGP, Inc. in the first place. Phil, > the brave but too-politically-correct middle-aged naive > liberal guy, is seeing his creation burn to ashes before > his eyes. Parents should never outlive their children -- > it ruins them, as is part of the game plan here, I > suspect. > FuckedAgainGeezMyAssIsGettingSoreMonger II Whenever the government 'legitimatizes' any organization/product, it is generally for the purpose of co-opting/fucking them. The government uses the carrot-stick method on the citizen-animal. First, it gives them the carrot/benefit for registering their identity with the government (SSN#) and then it gives them the stick/buttfucking once they are identified and categorized. ImFromTheGovernmentAndImHereToHelpBendOverAndGiveMeYourNumberMonger

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Re: Software license detector vans
by The Spectre 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 13:15 3/17/98 , you wrote: >Well, you don't have to cover *every* house, just *any* house. THe >Brits have vans that roam around looking for unlisenced sattelite >receivers, and it provides a pretty effective deterrant. That works in that scenario, but you do have to monitor *every* house, and continually, if you want to catch a software pirate.. in the satellite scenario, they're just looking for a signal to see if it exists or not. In the M$ scheme, you'd have to get the license key and compare it against a database to see if that license key was in use by anyone else at that exact moment... it's not illegal to use multiple copies of the same piece of software, it's just illegal to use them concurrently. -The Spectre [SP4 w/ clam cluster] -http://www.anthrax.net/cos "The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently." -- Neitzsche, _The_Dawn_ PGP key available from servers.

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Corporate Children
by TruthMonger 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

[Bienfait Nutly News] IN A RIOTOUS, DRUNKEN ORGY AT THE COALDUST SALOON, representatives of Canadian Funeral Home Association celebrated their success in bribing enough Canadian officials, bureaucrats, politicians and mobsters to pull off the advertising coupe of the century. Beginning on April 19, 1998, at 9:02 a.m., Canadian funeral homes will be able to bid on advertising space on the ceilings of maternity wards, birthing rooms and infant care facilities across the nation. Jealous of the recent success of soft-drink and liquor companies in gaining a virtual stranglehold on the public school and college market, the CFHA appealed to the North American Advertising Coalition for support, on the grounds that establishing a Cradle-to-Grave precedent for access to the minds of the citizens would be good for the industry as a whole. Lou Armbuster, who engineered Smith & Wesson's successful bid for access to the prison advertising market, stated, "We are certain that this will be a major step in preventing people from putting off dealing with funeral arrangements until it is too late, leaving their relatives vulnerable to unscrupulous operators during their period of grief." When asked about the rumor that the "Vote Hoffa" ads appearing on the sides of the majority of coffins recently was part of a pre- arranged deal for Teamster Union support, Mr. Armbuster punched out the lights of the reportwhore who asked the question. PGP Inc., under fire recently for the fact that their latest version of Corporate GAKware has a 'comment' line that defaults to "Louis Freeh for President!", contends that it does not constitute free political advertising, since the customer has the option to change it. Nevertheless, PGP refuses to drop their lawsuit against the FrostBack they consider responsible for hacking their system and altering their source code so that new versions of PGP installed on Canadian systems have a default comment line of "Cindy Cohn has a great ass!" ----- The Bienfait Nutly News is in no way connected to the Left Nutly News or the Right Nutly News. We prefer to remain in the middle, in the tradition of our founder, Dick Richard. -----

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The Eighth Word You Can't Say On The Internet
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Armies Gather by Jeff Elliott The most surprising place where anti-abortion provisions have appeared, however, was in the mammoth Telecommunications Deregulation Bill. Late in the day of January 30th, Colorado Representative Pat Schroeder made an unpleasant discovery: a last-minute addition appeared to make it a crime to discuss abortion on the Internet. The Telcom Bill already had the controversial "Communications Decency Act" that made it a felony to mention the seven dirty words forbidden on radio or TV; that was well known, and much discussed in both the House and the Senate. But this abortion clause was new, and would make "abortion" the eighth word banned from cyberspace. The ACLU and 19 other organizations filed for a temporary restraining order on the same day that Clinton signed the bill. But while the federal judge ruled, the vague "indecency" provisions were probably unconstitutional and should be heard by a special 3-judge panel, the restraining order on the abortion section was denied. Schroeder and others are trying to repeal the ancient law behind these restrictions, but passage in the rightward-tilted House is far from certain.

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